Maris Van Vlack
b. 2002, Boston, MA
marisrvanvlack@gmail.com
Education
2028 Columbia University, New York, NY
M.F.A. in Expanded Practice: Sculpture (anticipated)
2023 Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI
B.F.A. in Textiles, Honors
Student Department Representative
Concentration in Drawing
2022 Brown University, Providence, RI
Geology Course and Various Literary Arts Courses
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Subtle Machines,Residential Art Gallery (University of Michigan), Ann Arbor, MI
2024 Time Warp,Superhouse, New York, NY
The Blue of Distance, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2023 Fiberscapes, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
Two and Three-Person Exhibitions
2026 Collective Landscapes: Maris Van Vlack & Matthew Ludak, Pearlstein Gallery (Drexel University), Philadelphia, PA
2025 Superhouse Presents: Kim Mupangilaï & Maris Van Vlack, FOG Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
Transient-Eternal: Maris Van Vlack, Natasha Harrison, & Annabel Manning, OVERLAP, Newport, RI
2024 Superhouse Presents: Ellen Pong & Maris Van Vlack, NADA New York, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
2026 Ivester Contemporary Selections, Friends Art Fair, Austin, TX (forthcoming)
Labor & Adornment: Radical Craft in America, Superhouse, New York, NY
Plus One, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2025 On a Comfortable Sofa Dreamed,Superhouse, New York, NY
WEFAN: An Exhibition of Textile and Fibre, Hughes Memorial Gallery, West Cornwall, CT
The Golden Thread II, Bravin Lee, New York, NY
I Can’t (Un)see It, All Street Gallery, New York, NY
2024 Textiles Triennial, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
Emerging Artist Exhibition, The Collective, Lafayette, CO
Interchange, Arts Access Gallery, Raleigh, NC
VSA Program Exhibition, The Kennedy Center (Hall of States), Washington, D.C.
Rayburn Foyer Emerging Artist Reception, United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.
VSA Emerging Artist Show, Volkswagen Group of America, Reston, VA
Interchange, The IDEAL School, New York, NY
Topographies, Center for the Arts at the Armory, Somerville, MA
2023 New Voices, New Visions, St. Botolph Club, Boston, MA
The View from Mars,Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
Common Threads, Icelandic Textile Center, Blönduós, Iceland
Night Vision, Warner Gallery, Millbrook, NY
New Contemporaries,RISD Museum, Providence, RI
Global Design Graduate Show in Collaboration with GUCCI,Arts Thread (virtual exhibition)
Senior Invitational,Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
Blanket Statement,Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
Splash!, Donkey Mill Arts Center, Holualoa, HI
End of Year Group Show, Brown Hillel Center, Providence, RI
Go Thither,Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI
2022 The Nest, Museum of American Bird Art, Canton, MA
Residual Hauntings, Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI
Flower Show, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
2021 Textiles Triennial Exhibition,Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
Textiles Selections 2021, Waterman Gallery, Providence RI
Professional Experience
2023-2026 Textile Designer, Merida Studio, Fall River, MA
2023 Industrial Knitting Programming Assistant, Malaika Temba Studio,New York, NY
2022-2023 Teaching Assistant: Spatial Dynamics and Drawing Studios, RISD Experimental and Foundation Studies Department, Providence, RI
2022 Graduate Student Weaving Tutor, RISD Textiles Department, Providence, RI
2021-2022 Design Intern Reporting to the Creative Director, Merida Studio, Fall River, MA
Collections
RISD Museum, Providence, RI
Recognition
2024 Kennedy Center VSA Emerging Young Artists Award
2023 St. Botolph Club Foundation Emerging Artist Award
2023 Society of Arts & Crafts Innovation Jumpstarter Grant
2023 Global Design Graduate Show 2023 in Collaboration with GUCCI Winner, Fine Arts Category
2023 Dorothy Waxman International Textile Design Prize Finalist
2023 RISD Textile Department Award for Innovation in the Textiles Field
Residencies
2026 Association of Icelandic Visual Artists (SÍM) Residency, Reykjavík, Iceland (forthcoming)
2026 Studios at Mass MoCA Fellowship & Residency, North Adams, MA
2026 Textile Arts Center Work-in-Progress Residency, Brooklyn, NY
2025 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Spring Pentaculum Residency, Gatlinburg, TN
2023 Icelandic Textile Center Ós Residency, Blönduós, Iceland
2020 Museum of American Bird Art Residency, Canton, MA
Artist Talks
2026 “Fibers Department Guest Artist Lecture Series,” Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt), Boston, MA
“Collective Landscapes: Artist Walkthrough,” Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
“Building Woven Landscapes,” Michigan League of Handweavers, Ann Arbor, MI (virtual presentation)
2025 “Subtle Machines: Talk with the Artist,” University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
“Building Woven Landscapes,” Weavers’ Guild of Boston, Westboro, MA
“Transient-Eternal Artist Talk,” OVERLAP, Newport, RI
2023 “Fiberscapes: Talk with the Artist,” Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
Selected Publications
2026 WIP Artist Highlight: Maris Van Vlack, Textile Arts Center
2025 Een Collage van Technieken,Textiel Plus
We’ve Got You Covered,Dwell Magazine
Layering Memory: Emerging Artist Maris Van Vlack, Fiber Art Now
Local Artists Featured in Area Galleries,Newport This Week
The New Generation of Fiber Art,Ming Pao
Actually Good Word Art—and More Genre-Defying Decor at This Year’s FOG Design + Art Fair, Dwell Magazine
2024 Conceptual Pieces Celebrating Materiality,Interior Design Magazine
Maris Van Vlack’s “Time Warp” Teaches us About Ourselves,Impulse Magazine
Textile Landscapes: Maris Van Vlack’s Artistic Journey Through Time and Space,Miami Living Magazine
Maris Van Vlack Showcases the Beauty in Destruction, BlackBook
Saturday Selects,Sight Unseen
The Mood of Stephen Markos, Founder of Superhouse, GoodMoods
Bromfield Gallery SOLO Show Artists, The Boston Globe
6 Exciting Craft-Focused Designers at the NADA Art Fair,Curbed (New York Magazine)
Maris Van Vlack’s Fiber Landscapes,Cambridge Day
2023 Fine Art/Photography/Craft Winners 2023,Google Arts & Culture
Field Notes: Maris Van Vlack,Warp and Weft Magazine
Fiberscapes: A Solo Exhibition by Maris Van Vlack, Gallery 263
2022 Summer Internships Offer New Perspectives, RISD Website
2020 Maris Van Vlack: RISD Student and MABA Intern, Mass Audubon Website